Ensuring Family Connection: Effective Representation for Parents in Probate Guardianship
This training will introduce Public Counsel’s new practice manual for attorneys representing parents in probate guardianship cases. While probate legal guardianship matters are private custody disputes—typically involving a relative or family friend—they differ significantly from family law actions. Probate guardianships are governed by their own statutes, rules, and court procedures, and in practice often resemble […]
Cultural Humility in Practice: Serving Clients with Trauma-Informed and Culturally Sensitive Skills
This training explores best practices for serving and engaging with diverse clients, managing challenging conversations, and improving the quality of interactions for both staff and clients. Participants will also learn how to apply trauma-informed skills to support clients as they navigate legal issues while protecting themselves from vicarious trauma. Presenter: Franco Torres, Esq. Franco […]
Immigrant Rights in Child Care Settings
Learn about the intersectional topic of immigrant rights in California child care settings. This training will provide: – An overview of relevant laws and policies impacting California child care programs. – Information on the immigrant rights of child care providers, families, and children in child care programs. – Best practices and multilingual resources to share […]
Working with Legal Interpreters
This session covers fundamentals of legal interpreting, providing guidance both for attorneys and for interpreters in conducting legal interviews. We discuss practical considerations of client interviews; mechanics of conveying information completely and directly (e.g., techniques to use and avoid, how to seek clarification); and ethical considerations.
Protected: Helping Clients Access Gender Affirming Care: Information for Legal Services Attorneys in California
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Personal Property and Public Space in the Post-Grants Pass Commons
Attorneys Andrew Ntim of LCCR-SF and Eric C. Sapp of LSPC will discuss how unhoused persons and advocates have been resisting, and can continue to challenge, criminalization, confiscation, and erasure from the res publica. This is Part II of a continuing exploration of the legal landscape of homelessness in California in the aftermath of the […]
Litigation Skills Training: Case Analysis and Document Review
In this webinar you will learn how to analyze a case from first contact through to your organization’s decision to take on the case or place with pro bono counsel. In addition, we will delve into document review techniques by focusing on a short case study set of property records to determine what light they […]
Crimmigration Basics and Best Practices when Representing Immigrants
The purpose of this training is to provide attorneys and practitioners with foundational knowledge about federal immigration law and enforcement patterns as established by the current administration. There will be an emphasis on privacy concerns and best-practice strategies. The training will also cover the California’s Truth Act and Values Act, and negotiation tactics along with […]
The Military, Morality, and Mass Criminalization
The webinar will examine the process for securing waivers for criminal records, and juvenile records, for purposes of enlistment in the U.S. armed forces. It will also explore the broader socio-legal theme of the structure and relationships between institutions of disciplinary power such as the modern military and carceral systems. Presenters: Nateel Sharma is a […]
California Women’s Law Center Legal Aid Support: A Review
CWLC’s Julianna Gesiotto, Esq., Taylor Brewer, Esq., and Raquel Ibarra, ASW, will co-host a training to reintroduce the California Women’s Law Center and the work we do to support Qualified Legal Service Providers to better assist the women, girls, and families in the communities we all serve. Through an overview of the resources and legal […]